A Georgia couple took a trip to the supermarket on Thanksgiving - not to pick up a last-minute can of stuffing mix, but to get married.

Charles Larry Tinson and his bride, Mary Tinson, tied the knot on Thursday at their Harveys in Albany. It was there that Charles first asked her out four years ago, as he was buying cranberry sauce for his Thanksgiving dinner.

The pair had met before, but it wasn't until that day, after Charles returned from a tour in Afghanistan, that their crush turned into something else. So on Thanksgiving day this year, they returned to the place that first saw them reunited - and became husband and wife.

Mary walked down aisle 3 in a strapless white gown, clutching her bouquet and wearing a sparkly tiara while intrigued shoppers stopped to take photos on their cellphones.

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Charles Larry Tinson and his bride, Mary Tinson, tied the knot on Thursday at their Harveys supermarket in Albany, Georgia, where he first asked her out four years ago

Mary and Charles (pictured center with their wedding party) started dating after Charles asked Mary out while picking up a can of cranberry sauce on Thanksgiving

It was the first time Harveys had ever seen a real wedding take place in of its stores, vice-president of operations Ken Wicker told WALB.

The wedding cake was even topped with cranberries, a throwback to Mary and Charles' chance encounter four years ago, which Mary recounted.

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'I heard someone say "Hey girl" and I turned around and said "Oh my God, Larry? I haven't seen you in over twenty something years," ' she said.

'You can kind of tell when a man has a crush on you. But he never did say anything to me!'

The couple and their guests each walked out with a can of cranberry sauce as a souvenir - a tribute to the Thanksgiving staple that finally brought them together

Getting married at Harveys was Charles' idea. Mary went along with it and walked down the aisle in a strapless wedding gown and a sparkly tiara, while clutching a bouquet

Getting married at Harveys was Charles' idea. He told Mary he wanted to tie the knot where he finally asked her out.

Mary, Charles and their 70-plus guests, who posed for wedding photos in the supermarket aisles, each kept a can of cranberry sauce as a souvenir - an homage to the Thanksgiving staple that brought them together.

The couple's wedding cake even had cranberries on top - an appropriate choice for a Thanksgiving wedding. Charles and Mary also served cranberry-topped cupcakes

It was the first time that a wedding took place at Harveys, according to a vice-president. Pictured is Albany's Harveys on West Gordon Avenue, where the ceremony took place